Easel support



Dec. 9, 1930. s. LEAR 1,784,736

EASEL SUPPORT Filed July 2, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 held in the openposition while: being read.

Patented Dec. 9, 1936 UNITED STATES JPATENT OFFICE SIDNEY LEAR, oronnmm'ro'wn, rnnns nvnnm EAsEn surron'r I Application and m 2, 1929.Serial No. 875,562.

The object of my invention is to a, book cover which will protect theinding of a book and which will also form an easel or rest for the book,so that the book can be over a book as in Fig. 7.

In order to secure a book to the easel,

edge of the easel, and short retaining flaps My invention also relatesto means for holding the covers of a book firmly to the easel, as wellas to means which will allow for the fitting of books of different sizesto the easel. is

A further object of the invention is to provide an easel support for abook or other article, which will be capable of being folded when theeasel section is in the closed p0sias shown in Fig. 2,-and the flaps 5.and 7 fit ti b t h it-i te d d t support th bet-ween the leaves of thebook'and the cover body portion, then it will lock the body porand areclamped thereto, firmly retaining the tion in the open position. ook tothe easel and In the accompanying drawings: be freely turned.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of theeasel, In many instances it isdesirable tosupshowing it in the open position and with the port a bookon an easel so that it can be book omitted; conveniently read,particularly in a sick Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. '1, showing roomor on a table adjacent to an easy chair, the book secured to the easelbook cover and a d in order to provide su h a support I in readingposition; combine with the book cover an easel, the Fig. 3 is a sideView of the easel with the body 1 of the book cover forming a supportbook in position; I for a book, and hinged to this body at 10 F ig. 4 isa plan view of the cover with is an easelsection 11 which can be movedto the easel support folded in a fiat condition thesupporting positionas in Fig.1, the out- Fig. 5 is a rear view of the easel book cover,Ward m v f he ea el support being in a flat condition; controlled bystrips of tape 12 which are se- Fig. 6 is a perspective i cured to theback of the body portion 1 and easel book the easel support as shown.ted; p The narrow strips 3 are continu'edthrough r Fig. 7 is a detailedfr g ntar vi w thesupport 11 as clearly'shown-in Figs. 1, 4 showing aportion of the cover folded over 9 5 n the ng m s 4 are al o ona book; Itmue so that when the support is folded Fig. 8 is a sectional view onthe line 8-8, Fi 4; and mg the easel 1n thls manner,

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line 9-9, I Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the book cover, which may be made ofcardboard or other suitable material and which may be clovergad withpaper or leather as; desired.' he ook cover is made of two side sections22 and two narrow sections 3-3 on each i fig ggig $323 book v?! ngldwhen side; of the centre, and these sections arelgon- I order t insureth openin nlfctedh together by thin hinge strips 4,"-so

t at t e easel and these two can be secured together by any suitablefastenings 9. In the present instance, an extension on the lower end ofeach flap 5 is secured by a snap-fastener to the flap 7.

The easel is made preferably of such height that it can retain books ofdifierent heights showing the cover folded, the book being omitment thesupport is opened to support a book form a rigid lock, which willprevent the book cover being folded when the support is in its openposition. This is very essential, as it is book cover can be folded 1neithei---opene I- provide a spring of any suitable retaining flaps 5 arehinged at v6.to the upper allowing the leaves to provide the positionshown in Fig. 6 or can be folded I i 7 are hinged at 8 to the lowerportion of the he cover can be closed as in Fig. 6. By makit can bereadily opened and closed on its hinges, but the mo- 5 a as in Fig. l,the hinge portions of the support are out of linewith those of the coverand of the sup portm section when the easel ook cover is sha e, which isunder tension when the cover is c osed, and when the cover is opened itwill immediately force the supporting section away from the body of thecover and retain it in the open position. The spring may be a flatspring as shown in Fig. 4, or 1t may be a coil spring, one end beingattached to the body portion and the other end attached to the support.

While the main object of my invention is to provide a support which willact as a cover for a book to which it is attached, it will be understoodthat in some instances the support may be used for holding or carryingother objects, the body portion being capable of being folded when fiat,when the easel section is in the closed position, but when the easelsection is extended, it will not only support the body portion but willlock the sections of the body in the open position.

I claim 1. The combination in an easel support, of a body portion havina center longitudinal hinge and an ease section transversely hinged tothe body portion on a line crossing the longitudinal hinge line of thebody portion, so that when the easel section is extended it will lockthe body portion in the open position.

2. The combination in an easel support,

of a body portion open at the center and having longitudinal hingedsections and an easel section also having hinged sections in line withthe body portion when the body portion is closed, said easel sectionbeing transversely hinged to the body ortion on aline crossingthe hingedline 0 the body portion, the

easel section locking the hinged sections of the body when in the openposition.

3. The combination in an easel support, of a body portion having sidesections; two narrow longitudinal sections, one on each side of thecenter, said sections being connected together by a hinged strip andconnected to the side sections b hinges; and an easelsectiontransversely hinged to the body portion on a line crossing thehinged line of the main portion, said easel section having hingedsections corresponding with those of the body portion, said hingedsection locking the body portion when said section'is extended and thebody portion is in the open position.

4. The combination in an easel support, of a body portion having anopening at the center; a transversely hinged easel section 10- catedwithin the opening of the body portion.

said body portion and the hinged easel section each having alongitudinal hinge, the hinge of the easel section being in line withthe hinge of the body portion when closed, said longitudinal hinge beingon a line crossing the inge line of the hinged section, the hingedsection being locked in position when the body portionis folded.

SIDNEY LEAR.

